Stalin used the assassination as a way to show the world that there was a great plot to overthrow his rule of Russia (Purge 2). ... This newest attack was called "The Trial of the Sixteen" (Purge 2). ... High political figures knew that his plan had fallen far short of his high expectations (Terror 2). ... It was that he was employed by the late Russian Czar as part of an elite police force in Moscow (Terror 2). ... The Purge Trials are a specific part of "The Reign of Terror," but what happened outside the courtroom during these trials was just as evil as the trials themselves. ...

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